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Candice Hardaway, daughter of the rising New York drug kingpin Eric "Easy" Hardaway, discovers that her entire family has been murdered. With nowhere else to turn, she turns to her uncle Joseph "Rock" Barton—a reclusive first‑class cleaner and former associate of her father. Taking her in, Rock begins to train Candice in the deadly skills she needs to exact revenge on the drug dealers responsible for her family's death.
First publish date: 2011
Genre: Crime Fiction/Organized Crime
Authors: Amaleka G. McCall
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